Vladimir Putin warns of the increasing competition for the superiority of the Arctic

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Vladimir Putin warned of intensifying geopolitical competition in the Arctic amid the United States’ growing threats to take Greenland from Denmark, but said Russia was open to cooperate with Western countries in the region.

He was also the Vice President of the United States JD Vance Appointment to the visit Putin said on Thursday that Donald Trump’s intention to obtain Greenland has nothing to do with Russia and has deep historical roots dating back to the nineteenth century.

But he warned that intensive competition carries risks.

Speaking at a conference on the Arctic in the polar city of Mormansk, Putin He said, “It is clear that the United States will continue to advance systematically to its geopolitical, military and economic interests in the region,” adding that its conflict over Greenland with Denmark was a matter of two feet.

Putin said that Russia was concerned that “NATO countries in general are increasingly set the far north as a starting point for potential conflicts” and will interact accordingly.

Putin said: “It is clear that the role and importance of the Arctic grows to Russia and the whole world, but the geopolitical struggles for the center in the region are intensifying at the same time.”

He said that Russia “will not allow any incursions into the sovereignty of our country and defend our national interests by force,” adding that it would increase the numbers of forces in North Pole.

repeat Trump threats To take Greenland, by force, from Denmark, the inhabitants of the unstable islands and Copenhagen.

The panic was escalated when many American officials were scheduled to visit this week when they described it as a “private visit” to watch the National Dog Slingding competition.

However, this trip was canceled after Greenlands announced many protests against it, which raised the ghost of TV images that would be embarrassing for the United States.

Instead, Vans and his wife will visit the Pitufik Space base, the only American military fixation in Greenland, on Friday in what North diplomats see “a mechanism to provide face.”

Denmark and Greenland were particularly disturbed by the timing of the visit in the middle of the coalition discussions yet National elections On the island, a party won it in favor of slow gradual independence from Copenhagen.

Greenland’s media said that the coalition agreement between four of the five parties in Parliament should be unveiled – minus the most preferred independence – on Friday. Experts say Greenlands has become wary of the United States’ exploitation of independence from Denmark.

Many parties are still keen to enhance the American security presence in Greenland, as well as invite American companies to help exploit the mineral wealth that spreads on the vast land area.

Russia has presented a potential cooperation in the North Pole of the United States as one of several possible paths to bring Moscow from the cold after three years after Putin ordered the full invasion of Ukraine.

The Kremlin is keen to develop the Northern Sea road through the lane in the Arctic, as it reinforces its export economy from European markets to Asian markets, a process that erupted after China has launched Russia’s economic lifeline during the Ukraine war.

It also hindered Russia’s ability to sell liquefied natural gas in the global market due to Western sanctions against energy facilities in the Arctic and the transmission.

Steve Whitsov, Trump’s private envoy, referred to these talks in an interview broadcast after he met Putin in Moscow last week.

“Whoever does not want to have a world in which Russia and the United States are cooperatively good things together? Think about how energy policies are integrated into the Arctic, perhaps the exchange of marine corridors, and perhaps sending liquefied natural gas … to Europe together,” Witkeov said.

On Thursday, Putin complained that Western countries “chose a path for confrontation” by hanging Russia from the Arctic Council, which is the Cooperation Authority in the region, as well as stopping scientific, environmental and cultural talks.

But he admitted Russia’s ambitious plans to develop the region by expanding its northern ports, building a trade fleet supported by nuclear powered ice gaskets, and expanding the North Sea road will require work with foreign powers.

Putin said that Western countries welcome joining Russia in “international international projects in the Arctic with the participation of friendly countries.” He added that Moscow will seek to develop its partnerships with foreign shipbuilding companies and buy foreign ships.

The five European members of the Arctic Council – Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden – showed little attention to the re -delivery of Russia while its forces are still in Ukraine.

But many of the north -North diplomats admit that the exclusion of Russia has ended the era of “the exceptional pole” that was isolated in the far north of geopolitical tensions elsewhere.

Additional reports by Richard Millen